Dutch Court Stops Government Attempts to Spy on the Poor: UN Expert
The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, applauded a landmark ruling by the District Court…
General Assembly Approves $3 Billion UN Budget for 2020
The UN General Assembly on Friday adopted a budget of $3,073,830,500 for the United Nations to cover the year 2020.…
UN to Launch Global Conversation UN75 in 2020
To mark UN Day, Secretary-General António Guterres has announced that next year’s commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the United…
Pope Francis Underlines the Need for Climate Action
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres praised on Friday (December 20) the head of the Roman Catholic Church for being “a…
UNICEF Photo of the Year: Garbage, the Children and Death
The “UNICEF Photo of the Year” 2019 tells of children’s struggle to survive in the face of three of today’s…
Harness Technology to Combat Corruption: Yury Fedotov
“Corruption affects people in their daily lives. It bars them from accessing resources and opportunities. It erodes trust in public…